Hanger.



?ATENTED JUNE 25,I 1907.

R. W. BEATON.

trataran strains Arnim orrron.

RBERT W. BEN, 0F CHICAGO, LLNS.

' HANGER.. i i

No. eeaieo.

To all whom, il muy concern.-

Be it known that l, ROBERT W. Baaren, a citizen oi the 'United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oi illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. l

This invention relates to hangers for gas pipes', and the object is to provide -a simple and inexpensive hanger for supporting and securing gas pipes between adjacent joists in a building.

. A. further object of the invention is to pron vide a device oi the character indicated which will be adapted to secure a pipe at any point between two joists.

The invention consists of a supportingbar formed from a sinvle strip of material provided with alen'gitudinal slot and a series of perforations for nails orscrews, in combination with a pipe clamp of novel form.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawing which forms a part of the speeilieation, and its novel features will be delined in the appended claims.

ln the drawing, Figure l is a view in perspective of the hanger applied to a @as pipe and in position between two joists, `ig. 2 is :in-elevation of one side of the hanger a plied to a pipe, Fig. S is a similar view ot t 1e opposite side of the device, Fig. l is a top lan view of the saine, and Fie. 5 is a horirental section of the pipe holder or clamp.

lhe reference numerals 1 and 2 deswnato two ad'oininir iarallel 'eiste su ortinc a das pipe 3, from which extends a n'anch pipe 4 the ilepending portionb of which extends between the joists. The hanger emnprises a supportingbar 6 formed from a single strip of sheet metal', providedwit-h a central lon gitudinal slot 7, preferably extending `for a little more than one-halfthe lengthoi the spacel between the joists, thus adapting the bar to support a pipe at any point between the joists, by placing the slotted portion of the bar next to the pipe.

l/lfithin the slot 7 is arranged a pipe elanip Specification of 'Letters Patent.

Appllezttiomlerl July` 3. 1966. Serial No. 324,626.

ratentealsrune 25, 1907.

or holder consisting of a U-shaped bolt 8 one arrn oi whiehis provided with a head 9 of greater width than the slot, and the other arm of which is threaded to receive a butterfly nut 10. This U-shaped clamping bolt may be readily moved to any point within the slot 7 and there held by tightening the' nut l0 against the bar. As clearly shownin 4the drawing, the clamp embraces the pipe 5 and rrnly secures it to the supporting-bar. On each side of the slot 7 the bar is formed with openings' 1l for the nails or screws vthat secure it to the joists. are bent to conform tothe space between the joists, and it will be apparent fromthe illustration in the drawing that the fastener may be applied to a pipe at any point between the 'oists shown in Fig. 1, t e slotted end of the bar is placed toward that eist, but if the .pipe were nearer the joist 2 t e position oi the slotted bar would be reversed to bring the slot across The ends of the bar lf the pi e is near the joist 1 as the pipe. The bar may be bent at any point ,n

desired, to lit the space between the joists as I indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

What l claim and desire to-seeure by Let? ters Patent, is zl; A pipe hanger eornprisin in combination, a supporting bar, slotted longitudinally adjacent one pend, and a substantially U- shaped clamp, the arms of which project through the slot in the bar and are movable therein, one of said arms having a head on its tree end and the other being threaded, and a nut on said threaded end.

2.' A pipo hanger, comprising a single strip 'of metal formed with a longitudinal sot7 and a plurality of perforations, in'cornbination with a U-'shaped clamp niovably mounted within said slot, and provided with a head at one end, and screw-threaded at -its opposite endfsaid headed-end and screw-threaded end projecting through the slot, and a nut on said threaded end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in. the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT YV. BEATON.

lVitnosses nLLi M. Kem,

Arron M. AUSTIN. 

